Private Equity
The Walker Report has finally hit the shelves with its eye-catching “comply or explain” recommendation intact. The result of an inquiry launched by Sir David Walker at the behest of the BVCA lays out a series of disclosure guidelines for larger private equity firms.
7 min read · 01 December 2007
The early-stage team of UK business angel network NW Brown has spun-out and named itself IQ Capital Partners (IQCP).
2 min read · 01 December 2007
YFM Private Equity has made a 4x return on the sale of Cozart, an AIM-listed medical diagnostics company, to Concateno for £64.4m.
1 min read · 01 December 2007
French VC Iris Capital has sold its stake in Fastbooking, an online hotel booking company, in a deal which sees 3i and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) pay a total of €35m for a combined 62% stake.
1 min read · 01 December 2007
The Foresight Sustainable UK Investment Fund, which will invest in environmental infrastructure businesses and is the first of its kind in the UK, has raised £15m to date, primarily from ultra high net worth investors, and is expecting a final close at £20m pre-Christmas.
2 min read · 01 December 2007
2 min read · 30 November 2007
SuccessFactors among the few new PE-backed issues to debut in topsy-turvy market in recent weeks
4 min read · 26 November 2007
Al Gore joins Kleiner Perkins as a partner to focus on what the firm calls 'greentech'
3 min read · 19 November 2007
The Canadian Venture Capital Association reports that the country is having a record year for foreign capital investment
2 min read · 19 November 2007
Ferd Private Equity, a Norwegian mid-market buyout firm, has sold part of its stake in Pronova BioPharma in the company’s IPO on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
1 min read · 01 November 2007
